OSM approved, with two deferrals, an amendment to the Virginia regulatory program under SMCRA.

BLM proposed to revise its oil and gas leasing regulations to reflect provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act pertaining to royalty rates, rentals, and minimum bids; update the bonding requirements for leasing, development, and production; improve its leasing process to ensure proper stewardship of public lands and resources; and modify operating requirements.

BLM withdrew approximately 336,404.42 acres of public lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park from location and entry under U.S. mining laws and from leasing under mineral leasing laws, but not mineral materials laws, subject to valid existing rights, to protect these public lands and the greater connected landscape with a rich Puebloan, Tribal Nation, and cultural legacy in San Juan, Sandoval, and McKinley counties, New Mexico, for a period of 20 years.

OSM approved an amendment to Missouri's coal mining regulations that reduced the volume of the regulations without reducing the program's requirements under SMCRA.

OSM announced the receipt of and seeks comment on a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program pertaining to ownership and control under SMCRA.